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At OSU-Cascades, an Increasing Rate of Diversity

Among transfer and first-year students, a rate of 23 percent students of color
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Oregon State University-Cascades just released its enrollment numbers for the start of the 2018-2019 school year. One of the most striking stats: A higher rate of enrollment for students of color. Among its first-year enrollees, OSU-Cascades is reporting a rate of close to 23 percent—or 22.9 percent—students of color. That stat comes from a relatively […]

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School Start Time Changes: The Domino Effect

Another component of changing school start and end times: Changing times for before and after school programs
Jaclyn Brandt

Bend-La Pine Schools announced new school start times last month—a change the district’s been considering for years. The new times have less to do with convenience, and more to do with studies showing that adolescents learn better when they start their days later. The process of changing school start times took the district two years […]

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Schools to Change Boundaries

Bend-La Pine District seeks volunteers for its boundary committee
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If there’s anything more emotion-inducing than seeing your little one go off to kindergarten, it may be knowing that this may be the last year she’ll go to that school. Changing school boundaries can be a heated issue, no matter what grade level. School boundary changes can even become a political touchpoint, pointing out divisions […]

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Governor Signs Boyfriend Loophole Law

Law bars convicted stalkers and domestic violence offenders from buying or keeping guns
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While not directly addressing the issue of gun violence in schools, students and gun safety advocates were among those on hand at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem today to witness Gov. Kate Brown signing HB 4145, Oregon’s “boyfriend loophole” bill, into law.  Around 300 students attended the event today, according to a release from […]

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A New Principal for Summit High

New principal will take the reins after this school year
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Summit High School will officially have a new principal starting July 1. Superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools, Shay Mikalson, announced Wednesday that Michael McDonald, currently assistant principal at Summit, will take on the new role.  Summit’s current principal, Alice De Wittie, announced in October that she would be leaving the district at the end of […]

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Bend-La Pine Graduation Rate Highest in History

Rate increased by more than 10 percent in six years
Chris Miller

The class of 2017 for the Bend-La Pine Schools just made history. Last year, the student graduation rate for Bend-La Pine Schools marked an all-time high for the percentage of students graduating on time, says a report released today by the Oregon Department of Education. The combined rate for district students earning a diploma on time […]

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